Aims and Objectives

Aims1. Provide opportunities for scientific study

and creativity within a global context that will stimulate and challenge students.

Aims2. Provide a body of knowledge, methods and

techniques that characterize science and technology.

Aims3. Enable students to apply and use a body of

knowledge, methods and techniques that characterize science and technology.

Aims4. Develop an ability to analyse, evaluate and

synthesize scientific information.

Aims5. Engender an awareness of the need for,

and the value of, effective collaboration and communication during scientific activities.

Aims6. Develop experimental and investigative

scientific skills.

Aims7. Develop and apply the students’

information and communication technology skills in the study of science.

Aims8. Raise awareness of the moral, ethical,

social, economic and environmental implications of using science and technology.

Aims9. Develop an appreciation of the possibilities

and limitations associated with science and scientists.

Aims10. Encourage an understanding of the

relationships between scientific disciplines and the overarching nature of the scientific method.

Objectives

Objectives

Demonstrate an understanding of physics.Apply and use physical principles and modelsConstruct research questions and analyse

and evaluate methods and results.Demonstrate the personal skills of

cooperation, perseverance and responsibility.Demonstrate that they can manipulate

apparatus and perform experiments safely.